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ALTA Certification Academic Language Therapy

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1. Words used in more formal settings - Often found in literature - science - social studies in upper elem. texts. Longer than words of Anglo-Saxon Origin.






2. The ancient Britons (Celts) conquered by Caesar in 54 c.e. - Celtic and Latin languages co-exist - Teutonic tribes (Jutes - Angles and Saxons invade) - Anglo-Saxon layer of language






3. Two adjacent letters repressing a single consonant sound






4. Statistical measure of the degree of dispersion in distribution of scores. Measures spread of a set of data around mean of the data. The more widely the values are spread out - the larger the standard deviation.






5. A type of test score that is calculated based on the age that an average person earns a given score within the tested population.






6. A syllable ending with a long vowel sound. (labor - freedom)






7. A class of open speech sounds produced by the easy passage of air through a relatively open vocal tract. A - E - I - O - U






8. International Multisensory Structured Education Council






9. Supported only by "qualitative research" instead of quantitative research - Teaches "whole words" in word families - Students are not explicitly taught that there is a relationship between letters and sounds for most sounds






10. 1904 - reported 2 cases of "congenital word blindness" - called for schools to establish procedures for screening as well as appropriate teaching of those that were identified with congenital word-blindness






11. 1887 - ophthalmologist - introduced the term dyslexia






12. Teaching that uses all learning pathways in the brain (VAK-T) simultaneously in order to enhance memory and learning.






13. The knowledge of the various sounds in the English language and their correspondence to the letter or letters that represent those sounds.






14. The ability to segment words into their component phonemes. Is an important aspect of phonological awareness






15. A spoken or written unit that must have a vowel sound and that may include consonants that precede or follow that vowel. Syllables are units of sound made by one impulse of voice.






16. Behaving without thinking about possible consequences. May act or speak without first thinking about how their behavior might make other people react of feel






17. A step taken by school personnel to determine which students are at risk for not meeting grade level standards.






18. Reading for Learning "the New" - Expand vocabularies - build background and world knowledge - develop strategic habits

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19. State Board of Eduation






20. Provide different ways for kids to take in information or communicate their knowledge back to you. The changes do not alter or lower the standards or expectations of a subject or a test.






21. A way of describing - in standard deviation units - a raw score's distance from its distribution means.






22. The flat diacritical mark above a vowel in a send picture or phonic/dictionary notation that indicates a long sound.






23. A student with mastery can utilize the information successfully - but may struggle or need to call upon learning strategies to do so.






24. Teutonic invasion and settlement - The Christianizing of Britain - The creation of a national English culture - Danish-English warfare - Political adjustment and cultural assimilation and the decline of Old English as a result of The Norman Conquest.






25. A score that combines several scores according to a specified formula.






26. Participate in classroom discussions - make speeches/presentations - use tape records during lectures - read text out loud - create musical jingles - create mnemonics to aid memorization - discuss ideas verbally






27. A word that is immediately recognized as a whole and does not require decoding to identify. A sight word may or may not be phonetically regular.






28. Individual Educational Plan






29. Selective focus on what is important while screening out distractions.






30. A pattern of letters (found in a single syllable) which occurs frequently together. The pronunciation of at least one of the component parts is unexpected or the letters stand in an unexpected sequence ( ar - er - ir - or - us - qu - wh)






31. Initial Reading - Letters represent sounds - sound-spelling relationships

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32. Whole language - Drop Everythng and read - evaluation through miscues - founds of whole language






33. Taught visual to auditory - Taught auditory to visual - Students should also master blending of sounds into words and as well segmenting whole words into individual sounds.






34. Scores expressed in their original form without statistical treatment - such as the number of correct answers on a test.






35. Closed syllable - open syllable - vowel- consonant-e - r controlled syllable - vowel team - final stable syllable






36. Effective for special needs - Uses all possible senses - tracing - saying - listening - looking - Typically called VAKT - Visual - Auditory - Kinesthetic - Tactile - Can be used with either Phonics or Whole Language






37. Given normal hearing - the ability to understand spoken language in a meaningful way.






38. His research in the field of reading was fundamental to the emergence of today's scientific consensus about what reading is - how it works and what it does for the mind.






39. Aspect of language concerned with meaning. Curriculum should include comprehension of written language.






40. The teacher musts be adept at individualized teaching based on continual assessment of the student's needs. Content should be mastered to a level of automaticity.






41. r-controlled syllable






42. Children may be physical and socially immature - may be awkward in social situations - may have difficulty reading social cues - may have trouble finding the right words - stammering. - may feel anxious in school






43. State Board of Education Rule - District Board of Trustees must make sure dyslexia procedures are given to the district. - District must use SBOE approved strategies for screening and treating dyslexia






44. The number of words which a reader can translate meaningfully in a given period of time






45. Present the parts of the language and then teaches how the parts work together to make a whole. Part of a MSLE Program






46. To adjacent letters representing a single vowel sound






47. Is one that provides for translating test scores into a statement about the behavior to be expected of a person with that score or their relationship to a specified subject matter. Most tests and quizzes written by school teachers are criterion-refer






48. The curved line placed beneath c to indicate its "soft" or (s) pronunciation - as opposed to its hard or (k) pronunciation. Students use the coding on c before the letters e - i - or y (the softeners) - to remind themselves to pronounced the (s) soun






49. Comprehensive end-of-year exams - reflecting the specific subject matter outlines in the curriculum.






50. Study of sounds and how the work within their environment